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Oct 8, 2014

Butterbeer recipe, made with actual beer!

Harry and his odd looking friend with a Butterbeer

Over the past few years, I've seen a fair number of "butter beer" recipes (the fictional drink enjoyed by Harry Potter and crew in that series of books and movies). Sadly, very few of them actually contained beer, and the ones that have, didn't even look good enough to warrant a try.

Well, I saw this posted on line today, and I must say, this one looks good, and, well, rather timely given the time of year. A very simple recipe, involving only 2 ingredients (5 if you make your own butterscotch sauce, recipe for that below). This looks like it would be a prefect drink to make for a Halloween party, or even a Thanksgiving gathering (after dinner of coarse. It even looks like it did in the movies.

To make hot Butterbeer: In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine beer
and 3 to 4 tablespoons butterscotch sauce. Whisk occasionally, and cook
until beer just begins to boil. Taste, and adjust with more butterscotch
if necessary. Transfer to a mug.

To make cold Butterbeer: Pour cold beer into a blender. As blender is running,
carefully pour butterscotch in a steady stream. Blend until just combined.
Avoid over blending (which can flatten the beer). Taste, and blend with
more butterscotch if necessary. Transfer to a mug.

In a heavy-bottom saucepan over medium heat, add butter
and sugar. When butter is melted, whisk butter and sugar together and then
whisk in heavy cream. Bring to a foamy boil, and cook 4 minutes, whisking
occasionally, until mixture deepens in color.

Turn off heat and carefully whisk in remaining 1/4 cup
heavy cream, followed by vanilla extract.

Transfer to a small 8-ounce mason jar. Do not scrape
down sides of the pot (the burned-on caramel may make your sauce gritty).
Allow butterscotch to cool slightly before securing with a lid. Store in
the fridge for up to 2 weeks.